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Hey there, I'm 16 and I'm pretty sure I suffer from anxiety. It first happend when I was a freshman in highschool (I'm now a junior in HS). It was my first homecoming dance and I was so excited! I was dancing with someone and all of a sudden I felt the urge to throw up.. And I did. Luckily I made it to a near by trash can that was in the gym but it was still quite embarrassing. I just didn't think anything of it and thought it could have been something I ate. Well, it carried on throughout the rest of my years.. That was the only homecoming I went to. I did go to our winter formal dance and I've never been more embarrassed in my life. I was dancing with someone and right in the middle of dancing with them I threw up.. Everywhere. I even got it on someone and I was bawling my eyes out. I wanted to leave so bad bc of how embarrassed I was. Since then, I haven't gone to a single school dance. I'm also like that around people I like. If I hangout with them outside of school, I always throw up before or while I'm with them.. Sometimes I end up swollowing it so they don't think I'm weird for throwing up around them.. I can't keep my myself from getting sick either. It happens every single time and I'm getting really annoyed bc it's keeping me from going to my school dances. I'd love to know how to help/stop this from happening. Does anyone have any suggestions without seeing a doctor?
How are you doing? Have you picked up anything from my earlier posts?
Once you've gone through them, I've a suggested plan of action.
Once you've gone through them, I've a suggested plan of action.
Only see your doctor if he or she is someone you've known for awhile and will help you without getting into medication. You're just going through a rough patch of growing pains at this point. The above is right on about the best thing being talking to a counselor who can help you navigate this part of your life and help you learn to be more relaxed and secure. You don't want to turn this into a medical situation at this point. Patience.
clearly, you've developed social anxiety
a) may I message you with a list of links to my posts containing tips on managing anxiety?
b) while there are bandaid (short term) and longer term meds used for anxiety, the success rate is poor, there's side effects, a lot of people often end up on such meds for decades and only so so success, and well, it's far better if you're able to learn how to manage to deal with the syndrome yourself (and that's ultimately how people get off the meds, those that do)
That said, counselling might be very helpful at this early point (expense is often a major deterrent but perhaps you've free or reduced cost access to such counselling as a student).
It's sounding to me like it's basically nervous tension that escalates out of hand, the awkwardness of vomiting is likely to add to the problem by making it more memorable. I imagine something simple like a travel sickness pill has no impact (and even if it worked, that ignores the underlying problem, social anxiety, which really does need to be faced and resolved, else in some fashion a major problem will surely re-emerge, anxiety's just like that).
a) may I message you with a list of links to my posts containing tips on managing anxiety?
b) while there are bandaid (short term) and longer term meds used for anxiety, the success rate is poor, there's side effects, a lot of people often end up on such meds for decades and only so so success, and well, it's far better if you're able to learn how to manage to deal with the syndrome yourself (and that's ultimately how people get off the meds, those that do)
That said, counselling might be very helpful at this early point (expense is often a major deterrent but perhaps you've free or reduced cost access to such counselling as a student).
It's sounding to me like it's basically nervous tension that escalates out of hand, the awkwardness of vomiting is likely to add to the problem by making it more memorable. I imagine something simple like a travel sickness pill has no impact (and even if it worked, that ignores the underlying problem, social anxiety, which really does need to be faced and resolved, else in some fashion a major problem will surely re-emerge, anxiety's just like that).
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